History shows that the world’s biggest transformations and crises have always been accompanied by the rise of antisemitism. Jews have continuously been viewed as the root of all evil and have been the scapegoats for blame in a staggering array…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
The Rising Tide of Antisemitism: A Call for Unity Before It’s Too Late
I cannot view the current wave of antisemitism heedlessly. During the last decade I’ve warned through media articles and books about the threat of a potential new Holocaust on American soil or Europe, in light of the growing anti-Jewish sentiment…
What Are Some Good Quotes about the Importance of Jewish Unity?
11 Quotes about the Importance of Unity and Love among the Jewish People “‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Everything that you would like others to do for you, do them for your brothers.” – Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Shoftim, “Rules of Mourning.” “Our nation’s…
Aguda Achat: Rising Above Differences to Create Lasting Harmony
“Our nation’s success depends only on brotherly love, on connecting as one family.” – Rabbi Shmuel David Luzzatto When we are united as one, there can be nothing but peace and wholeness. The aspiration for oneness, to become Aguda Achat (one bundle)…
What Is the Meaning of Baal HaSulam’s Nigun “La Menatzeach al Shoshanim”?
The Nigun “La Menatzeach al Shoshanim (To the Leader upon Lilies)” is based on the text of King David’s Psalm 45: My heart is moved with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a…
What Is Social Intelligence?
Social intelligence is the ability to feel and understand, in mind and heart, how I can best serve and benefit society. Based on the video “How Can You Become Socially Intelligent?” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman. Written/edited by students of…
How Can You Become Socially Intelligent?
We can become socially intelligent by exercising attitudes of support, encouragement, and care toward others. For instance, if we approach someone, we should think about how we can help them. When we see someone weaker than us in some way,…
How Do You Benefit from Social Intelligence?
By developing social intelligence, we come to view our complete connection to each other and to all the lower degrees of nature—the inanimate, vegetative, and animate. We see how we need to help each other, and together—all of us, all of…
What Are Some Examples of Animals That Demonstrate a High Level of Social or Emotional Intelligence?
All animals are instinctively socially intelligent. That is, they know how to behave with each other instinctively in a way that is good for themselves and for the environment. The animal kingdom has a built-in intelligence that makes animals act…
What Are Some Good Daily Habits to Increase One’s Social Intelligence?
Social intelligence requires constantly balancing mind and heart, increasing and growing them both in the direction of the benefit of others. This emergence from ourselves toward others leads us to start feeling other people, which is key to truly achieving…
Why Is Social Intelligence Important?
It seems to us that intelligence is cold, sterile, and unemotional, but our nature is ultimately a desire to enjoy. If we thus have the ability to optimally connect with others in order to enjoy life and to also bring…
Are We Recycling Today Because We’re More Aware of Our Influence on Nature?
Our awareness of our influence on nature has not grown. We recycle more today because we make much more garbage. We thus have no choice. Otherwise, we would bury ourselves under the garbage we generate. So we reach a state—at…